Improvement in chest-protectors



1 1 My present stmt @that riiirra5111111111:, BOSTON,

'MAsAoHUsnrrs 1 "Leners Patent No. 112,258, dated February 2s, 1871.

`IMPRovllzwll-:NT1N cHEsT-PRoTEcToRs.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part oi' the Bennie.v

` 1To all too whomthese `preawms shall come: 1 1 1 Be it knownthat I1, PETER LAR, of Boston, in the' 1 1 countyl of Suffolk and1v Gourmouwealth of Massachu- 1 1 setts, have made jan invention of a new and useful Im- 1provementinOhesteProtcotors and analogous articles; `and do hereby declare thefollowing to beja full, clear,

and exact description thereof`-duereference being had to the accompanyiing rawing, which is 'aperspective 1 representation of my invention.

relates being those'which are composed of two pads of awal'mmaterial, one 1.to coverpthe chest of the wearer and the other the upperf'portion ofthe'1back,: between 1` the-shoulders, thetwoyp'ads 1 being united atopposite upper corners bystraps', whichl serveas ,suspensories 1 whereby to support the article about the weareis neck.

i 1 11A source oi'rconsiderable annoyance and discomfort hasbeen found inthe use of these chest-protectors',i1 `fr ornthe, fact that the lpads,possessing no means of 1 securing `their lower ends about the wearelis o body, are

,constantlyslipping'-out ofT place, and'wrinkling, and

1 working upwardto such an extent as to defeat their purpose, and rendersthem `disagreeable and comparativelyuseless. 1

` 1 My present improvementpthongh to appearance tri?` ing, yet goes-far to protect these chesteprotectors', and consists-in uniting the lower ends of thetwo pads by 1 1 straps, which may be-composed Veither-fof an unelastic o fabric-or webbing so appliedat one end as to button to `the pad, or of an elastic material, attached either byV desired, without recourse to buttons. lhese straps .1 1. wea1'ex"s"body.: provenient has reference to articles. of

wearing apparel denominated chestprotectors, thel o particularclass of such articles to which myinventon buttons or by scwingat both ends directly to the pad, l the elasticity of the latter ,material enabling the artic] to be `passed 'over the head and about the body, i

however applied, `servea very useful purpose, and con vert a-chest-proteetor into a comfortable and usei'u meansof 1 protection against wind and cold, as they confine or retain4 the pads in proper place about thV The accornpanying sketch represents the two pads 1 1. of the article at A A, andthe two upper suspension or slloulder-strapsatB,the lower or waist-straps which constitute lny'improvement being shown at 1 'O in such drawing as attached in a suitablemanne'r to,

1` the lower'opposite corners ofthe pads A A.

' It is not necessary that these straps should be secured to the extreme lower ends of the pads, but it .will 'undoubtedly'he found that the nearer 1`they approach such endsthe, more benecial will be their action. 1. s As I gintend making the rear pad of s'u'icient length 1to cover the entire length of the spine of the wearer, 1

I denominate'thc article a lung and spine-protector.

I claimo 1 l As' a new article of manufacture, the chest or lung and spine-protecton,constructed as herein shown and described, Viz., with, elastic connecting straps atA top ,f

and bottom. l

'i o 4 1 PETER LEAR.

1. Witnesses: 1

FRED. CURTIS,

EDW. GRIFFITH. 

